downincognito

never mind the ballacks

Sheva might finally find his feet thanks to one German’s moment of madness.

Liverpool’s Momo Sissoko was hailed by some as the nouveau Patrick Vieira, but he’s busy proving them wrong by giving the utterly lovable Robbie Savage a run for his money.

After winding up half the Chelsea lineup in double quick time and winning a yellow for his trouble, Sissy was living dangerously. He tripped Lamps clumsily and immediately looked at the ref with guilty eyes. Comrade Riley, well aware that tinkersenor Benitez was twice his size, sighed and showed mercy.

Ballack gave Momo a taste of his own medicine and was soon seen walking off to enjoy an early shower and probably beer.

It wasn’t too surprising to note that the club didn’t bother to approach the FA with an appeal to cut short Ballack’s punishment. Maybe the three-match suspension was just what Mourinho was secretly praying for.

With Essien in the form of his life, Lamps too big a bone in the Blue spine to be dislocated and Ballack too big a star to be dropped, the gaffer was forced to accommodate too many central midfielders inside a telephone booth.

With Ballack out of the way for the time being, he can finally give Sheva and the fans something to sing and cheer about.

The 4-3-3 formation has served us so well in recent times and there is no real reason to ditch it for diamonds and pearls. The so-called diamond formation against Liverpool was narrower than your average alley and posed no trouble at all for the Pool defence.

No wonder, Cech was forced to hoof the ball towards Drogba all the time and even the Ivorian was kinda getting bored with the ping pong game.

Elsewhere, the clueless Sheva was busy preparing his apology letter for Tiger Woods.

Now that Robben’s up and running again, the midfield looks set to bring our starved strikers more into play. It’s time the team rolled the ball forward rather than test its gravity all the time. Sheva badly needs one good game and Robben might just do the trick.

Go ahead Sheva, invite Tiger again. This time, there won’t be any need for apologies.

posted by downincognito @ 4:59 PM